"Centennial to Millennial Climate Variability" is available to read and download. Guest edited by Michel Crucifix, Anne de Vernal and Christian Franzke, this magazine shows how recent progress in our knowledge of past climates led us to revisit our ideas about the spectrum of natural climate variability.

ii. The community is invited to join a teleconference to present the current status of the 2k initiative and its projects, and to discuss ideas and opportunities for new activities, products and collaborations. Anyone interested in PAGES 2k is welcome to join; no prior registration or prior participation in 2k activities are required. Join one of the conferences, either on 24 or 25 January: http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1768-2k-teleconf-18

4. Welcome to new SSC members and co-chair

At the start of the year, PAGES' Scientific Steering Committee welcomed two new members and farewelled three. Zhimin Jian from the Laboratory of Marine Geology at Tongji University, China, and early-career researcher Emilie Capron from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, joined the SSC. They replace outgoing members Liping Zhou, Janet Wilmshurst and co-chair Sheri Fritz. The new co-chair (joining Willy Tinner from Switzerland) is Mike Evans. We take this opportunity to again thank the outgoing members for their years of service: http://pastglobalchanges.org/about/structure/scientific-steering-committee

5. Changes to PAGES funding

PAGES' funding situation is about to change. Since the organization's inception in 1991, the US National Science Foundation has provided half of our funding. The last round of US support will finish in August 2018. Until 2016, the Swiss National Science Foundation provided the other half. From 2017, Swiss support comes from the Swiss Academy of Sciences.

The International Project Office and Scientific Steering Committee are working on ways to boost our income via other funding sources. We may not be able to, at all times, financially support workshops at the level we would like. Nevertheless, IPO activities will continue, such as maintaining the website, advertising events, promoting working group products and publishing the Past Global Changes Magazine. If you have any suggestions for potential future funders, contact the IPO: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2k Network - CL1.02: Studying the climate of the last two millenniaFloods Working Group & Extremes IA - CL1.03: Flood and weather extremes of the pastCoralHydro2k - CL1.08: Tropical coral archives – Reconstructions of climate and environment beyond the instrumental record at society-relevant timescalesCVAS - IE2.1/NP3.4/AS1.8/CL2.08/CR1.9/OS1.20/ST4.7: Climate Variability Across Scales and Climate StatesCVAS - SC1.25/NP8.4: Scales and scaling in the climate systemDAPS - CL1.18: Proxy system modelling and data assimilation in paleoclimatologyPALSEA2 - IE2.4/NH5.7/CL4.18/GD11.7/OS2.14: Sea-Level Changes from Minutes to MillenniaVICS - IE2.3/AS3.10/CL4.22/GMPV6.4/NH2.2: Characterizing, understanding and predicting the radiative effects and the climatic impacts of major volcanic eruptions

ii. Calling all mentors! Are you a seasoned attendee of the EGU General Assembly? The EGU encourages you to sign up for the mentoring program to share your expertise with first timers. Deadline 31 January: https://www.egu.eu/outreach/mentoring/

ii. The first order draft (FOD) of the IPCC Methodology Report "2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories" is open for expert review until 11 February 2018. The expert review of the FOD is a key element of the IPCC assessment process, which helps ensure that the report provides a balanced and comprehensive assessment of the latest scientific findings. The expert review process shall be objective, open and transparent, with a wide circulation that aims to involve as many independent experts as possible in the IPCC process, seeking a range of views, expertise, and geographical representation. Being an expert reviewer allows you to comment on the accuracy and completeness of the scientific/technical/socio-economic content and the overall scientific/technical/socio-economic balance of the draft according to your own knowledge and experience. To become an expert reviewer, register online here and follow the instructions: https://www.ipcc.ch/apps/comments/tfi/fod/register.php You will have access to the FOD after registration.

i. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is hiring a Chief Scientist/Director for its Research Department to manage the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP, co-sponsored by WMO, IOC/UNESCO and ICSU), the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme, and related projects. See the vacancy announcement for details and apply until 31 January: https://erecruit.wmo.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=35853&vaclng=en

i. PMIP update: PMIP organizers encourage all the modeling groups to start the PMIP4-CMIP6 simulations. The consolidation between PMIP activities and several PAGES working groups should bring new model data analyses in 2018. The new PMIP website will be ready soon: https://pmip.lsce.ipsl.fr/

ii. The 20th INQUA Congress will be held from 25-31 July 2019 in Dublin, Ireland. Deadline for proposals for scientific submissions/sessions is 31 March 2018: http://www.inqua2019.org/

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